Civic Activism
Found in 123 Collections and/or Records:
T. Pat Matthews interview with Robert Hinton
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Hinton was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. Hinton describes life on the plantation. He says that his master treated him well, and he talks about how he hunted, farmed, and entertained himself while a slave. He also describes his hardships at the time of the interview.
T. Pat Matthews interview with Sarah Louise Augustus
T. Pat Matthews interview with Thomas Hall
T. Pat Matthews interview with W. Solomon Debnam
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Debnam was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Most of what Debnam knew about slavery was told to him by his parents. He remembered when the Yankees came and talked about the master's son teaching him how to read.
T. Pat Matthews interview with William George Hinton
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Hinton was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. Hinton tells of how Yankee soldiers threatened his sister's life. He also describes the hardships of slavery on his master's plantation and the difficulties of other slaves on other plantations.
T. Pat Matthews interview with Zeb Crowder
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Crowder was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Crowder said that the time spent on the plantation was a happy time. He described both slave labor and recreation and talked about the Ku-Klux Klan.
J. H. McKnight letters
Contains six letters between J. H. McKnight and Senator Abe Murdock and one to J. Will Robinson, dated 1945-1946. Each letter deals with political issues to which McKnight expressed a strong opposition in hopes the Senator would do something about it. These issues include the United Nations, involvement in World War II and the reconstruction of Europe after.
Mormon May Day site
Oral history interview with Martha Bryant Allen
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Allen was interviewed by Mary A. Hicks on June 7, 1937 as part of a Federal Writer's Project assignment for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Allen talks about her mixed-ethnic background, how hard the slave women had to work, the "carpet gitters" who pursued slave women, and the Ku Klux Klan.
John Perry resignation letter
Letter from John Perry to the Board of County Commissioners in Carbon County, Utah requesting approval for his resignation as the local Justice of the Peace. Dated July 20, 1905.